Laurence Svekis

Laurence Svekis is a web technology enthusiast, educator, and author who has been working in the field for over 20 years. He has expertise in web development technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, and MySQL. Svekis is a prolific course instructor on Udemy, with over 500,000 students enrolled in his courses. He has authored over 100 online courses, covering a wide range of web technologies and tools, such as Google Apps Script, WordPress, React, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. His courses are known for their practical and hands-on approach, with a focus on real-world projects and examples. In addition to teaching, Svekis is also a published author, with several books to his name Svekis is passionate about empowering people with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the rapidly evolving field of web technology. He is committed to providing high-quality educational resources that are accessible to anyone, regardless of their background or experience level.

Lesson 3 Adding Embeddings Retrieval RAG to Your Gemini API Project

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Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In Lessons 1 and 2, you learned how to: – Call public APIs using Apps Script – Read text from a Google Drive folder – Combine both sources into a Gemini prompt – Build a full UI web app Now it’s time to level up. In Lesson 3, we introduce: – Chunking (splitting documents … Read more

Fixing Google Docs Formatting: How to Convert Bullet Points Into Dashes Using Apps Script

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Anyone who works regularly in Google Docs knows the pain:You paste content from the web, a PDF, an email, or another document—and suddenly your bullets have weird spacing, broken formatting, or mystery blank lines that refuse to go away. You try deleting them manually.You try changing line spacing.You even try Apps Script code others recommend… … Read more

Build an API + Drive + Gemini Web App

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📘 Lesson 2 — Build an API + Drive + Gemini Web App (No Indexing, Just Context) Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In Lesson 1, you learned how to: Now in Lesson 2, we’ll go one level up: You’ll build a chat-style web app where each question is answered using: No embeddings, no indexing — just direct context: … Read more

Getting Data from APIs with Google Apps Script

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Github Repo https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In this project, your Hybrid AI Orchestrator pulls in real data from the web using APIs and then lets AI (local model + Gemini) interpret that data. To do that, we need to understand one key tool: UrlFetchApp — the Apps Script class that lets you call APIs. In this lesson you’ll … Read more

Demote All Headings in a Google Doc Using Apps Script

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(H1 → H2, H2 → H3, etc.) When working with long Google Docs—course outlines, documentation, manuscripts, or AI-generated content—you often need to shift all heading levels down by one. For example: Doing this manually in a long document is tedious. Fortunately, Google Apps Script makes it possible to automate this task in seconds. This post … Read more

🌟 VIBE LEARNING — DAY 1

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Welcome to Vibe Learning: How to Become a Self-Powered AI-Enhanced Learner Lesson Overview Day 1 is your introduction to the Vibe Learning Philosophy — a modern framework for mastering any skill or topic using generative AI in a structured, intentional, and deeply personalized way. By the end of today’s lesson, you will: Let’s go. 🌈 … Read more

100 Useful Google Docs Apps Script Functions (That Every Docs Power-User Should Know)

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Google Docs + Apps Script is a magic combo for automating writing workflows, templates, formatting, and reporting. https://github.com/lsvekis/100-Useful-Google-Docs-Apps-Script-Functions In this post, you’ll get 100 tiny utility functions you can drop into your own projects. Each one is: Tip: Create a single .gs file called docsHelpers.gs and paste all the functions there. Then call them from … Read more

Build a Google Drive “Knowledge Base” Chatbot with Apps Script + Gemini

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drive-rag-chatbot/├── Code.gs // Apps Script backend├── Index.html // Web app UI└── README.md // Basic project documentation Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Build-a-Google-Drive-Knowledge-Base-Chatbot In this lesson, you’ll learn how to turn a Google Drive folder into a simple “knowledge base” chatbot, powered by: You’ll be able to ask questions about the documents in a Drive folder (Docs, text files, and … Read more

Power Up Your Workflow with Google Apps Script + Gemini

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Automate, accelerate, and innovate inside Google Workspace Today, AI and automation are finally meeting where people already work: Google Workspace. In my latest presentation, Google Apps Script & Gemini — Power Up, I explored how anyone—beginner or advanced—can use simple JavaScript plus Google’s Gemini models to build smart tools directly inside Sheets, Docs, Gmail, and … Read more

100 Custom Google Sheets Functions Built with Apps Script — Your Ultimate Power Toolkit

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Get the code on Github https://github.com/lsvekis/100-custom-Google-Sheets-functions Google Sheets is already one of the most versatile tools in the Google Workspace ecosystem, but when you combine it with Apps Script, it becomes a full-fledged programmable powerhouse. Today, I’m sharing something special:👉 100 custom Google Sheets functions written entirely in Apps Script — clean, flexible, fast, and … Read more